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"Reuters is seeking comment on the legal specificities of the FDA approval and will update the check in due course." How convenient. Pfizer states that both va

"Reuters is seeking comment on the legal specificities of the FDA approval and will update the check in due course." How convenient. Pfizer states that both vaccines are legally different. Meaning even with the same formula 'Pfizer' vaccine has no liability for compensation claims, 'Comirnaty' has but it is not being supplied

ceejayoz 5y ago
"I can't be bothered to Google" and "convenient" aren't quite the same thing. The information you seek is readily available. The two have the exact same liability setup. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/30/false-claim-that-fully-approved-pfizer-vaccine-lacks-liability-protection/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/30/false-cla... > “There are no liability or compensation differences between a countermeasure approved under an EUA or one that has received full FDA approval,” confirmed an HHS spokesperson. Pfizer also has a more specific comment on the legal specifics in this article: > “The statement that the products are ‘legally distinct with certain differences’ refers to the differences in manufacturing information included in the respective regulatory submissions,” said Pfizer spokesperson Sharon J. Castillo in an email. “Specifically, while the products are manufactured using the same processes, they may have been manufactured at different sites or using raw materials from different approved suppliers. FDA closely reviews all manufacturing steps, and has found explicitly that the EUA and BLA [biologics license application] products are equivalent.”
- guilhas 5y ago
  "The PREP Act designation means that claims related to coronavirus vaccines are covered by the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP), not the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), which was set up to handle vaccine lawsuits. ... The liability protections afforded under the PREP Act are tied to the declared public health emergency and not whether the vaccine is sold under an EUA" OK... because of the "state of emergency" there is actually no compensations for either the vaccines I feel so much safer
  - ceejayoz 5y ago
    Can you explain why you think the “Countermeasures Injury COMPENSATION Program” doesn’t include compensation?
    - guilhas 5y ago
      They say in the same article, 0 have been compensated from the 600 that already applied Also the the PREP Act states that liability is limited so only very special cases will be compensated under "pandemic state of emergency" It is a bit like "Democratic Republic of North Korea", being in the name doesn't actually have to mean it

ceejayoz 5y ago

"I can't be bothered to Google" and "convenient" aren't quite the same thing. The information you seek is readily available. The two have the exact same liability setup. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/30/false-claim-that-fully-approved-pfizer-vaccine-lacks-liability-protection/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/30/false-cla... > “There are no liability or compensation differences between a countermeasure approved under an EUA or one that has received full FDA approval,” confirmed an HHS spokesperson. Pfizer also has a more specific comment on the legal specifics in this article: > “The statement that the products are ‘legally distinct with certain differences’ refers to the differences in manufacturing information included in the respective regulatory submissions,” said Pfizer spokesperson Sharon J. Castillo in an email. “Specifically, while the products are manufactured using the same processes, they may have been manufactured at different sites or using raw materials from different approved suppliers. FDA closely reviews all manufacturing steps, and has found explicitly that the EUA and BLA [biologics license application] products are equivalent.”

guilhas 5y ago
"The PREP Act designation means that claims related to coronavirus vaccines are covered by the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP), not the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), which was set up to handle vaccine lawsuits. ... The liability protections afforded under the PREP Act are tied to the declared public health emergency and not whether the vaccine is sold under an EUA" OK... because of the "state of emergency" there is actually no compensations for either the vaccines I feel so much safer
- ceejayoz 5y ago
  Can you explain why you think the “Countermeasures Injury COMPENSATION Program” doesn’t include compensation?
  - guilhas 5y ago
    They say in the same article, 0 have been compensated from the 600 that already applied Also the the PREP Act states that liability is limited so only very special cases will be compensated under "pandemic state of emergency" It is a bit like "Democratic Republic of North Korea", being in the name doesn't actually have to mean it